Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ID05A424 ID05A425 ID05A426">620. Are you able to read and write?<br /><br /><div class="i1">Latin letters?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Arabic letters?</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 3 Yes<br />[] 4 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Other letters (specify)?</div><br /><div class="i2">____<br />[] 6 Yes<br />[] 5 No</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar v="ID05A415 ID05A416 ID05A417 ID05A418 ID05A419 ID05A420 ID05A421 ID05A422 ID05A423 ID05A424 ID05A425 ID05A426 ID05A427 ID05A428 ID05A429 ID05A430 ID05A431 ID05A432 ID05A433 ID05A434 ID05A435 ID05A436 ID05A437 ID05A438 ID05A503"><span class="em">7.7.2 Block VI.B. Household members age 5 or older</span><br />[Questions Q611 through Q625 are asked only to members of the household age 5 or older]<br /></svar></p>
<p><svar a="all" v="ID05A424 ID05A425 ID05A426">Question 620: Ability to read and write<br />Someone is considered able to read and write if he/she can read and write a sentence of a few simple words written in a given alphabet.<br /><br />Note:<br /><div class="i1">a. A blind person who can read and write Braille is classified as able to read and write Latin characters.<br />b. A person who was able to read and write, but now due to some handicap is no longer able to read and write, is classified as able to read and write.<br />c. A person who can only read but is not able to write is considered as able to read and write.</div><br /><br />Ask: "Can you read and write Latin characters?" If the answer is "Yes/can", circle code "1". Ask also: "Can you read and write Arabic characters?" If the answer is "Yes/can", circle code "3", but if the answer is "No", circle code "4". If the respondent is able to write and read alphabets other than Latin and Arabic, circle code "6" at "Other characters" and write the name of the characters for example, Chinese characters.<br /></svar>
